<p>I'm looking for a school I can safely transfer to in case I don't get into my more selective picks...</p>
<p>Although I'm from NY I really like the south and would love to spend a few years down there to finish premed or just get my high GPA. I need recommendations for a public school that's social, but also has good social/hard science departments. The University of Georgia could be a pretty nice bet (I could get in) - are there similar ones you can think of?</p>
<p>We need to know your stats to be able to really recommend anything.</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill and University of Alabama fit the description.</p>
<p>Is money an issue? Can you afford the non-resident costs? </p>
<p>I have a son who is pre-med at the University of Alabama and loves it. Awesome facilities. Gorgeous campus. Also…Bama has a brand new mega Science complex. :)</p>
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<p>Money is not a huge issue. I’m looking for OOS being 25k or less!</p>
<p>Stats: College sophmore at stony brook, chem major GPA = 3.6 upward trend with harder classes all being A’s (like organic chem, cancer bio, molecular bio, etc.)</p>
<p>I worked in 2 labs (currently working in a 2nd), student government, currently a chemistry TA</p>
<p>HS shouldn’t be a big deal, but I was a terrible student comparatively back then. 3.3 UW, ancient SAT from year 2007 - 1200/1600</p>
<p>I already applied to UNC Chapel Hill and UVA and was kind of looking for schools a bit easier to get into than those two</p>
<p>Transfering is easier than you think. The back door, where they dont have to report your SAT scores. Kids leave and open up spaces in dorms etc. With a 3.6 Chem major, UNC and UVa may well take you. But you are wise to look around. Georgia is a very, very good school. Its also HUGE and Athens, Georgia is one big drunk college party town. So if you are disciplined and can focus you can succeed there. But if you are prone to distraction and parties…fuhgettaboutit.</p>
<p>USC-Columbia is a very good school. Also NCState, "Bama, Florida State.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
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That will be a problem. Most schools have an annual COA >$30K for OOS students.</p>
<p>I meant tuition alone, not COA</p>
<p>Taggart - A tip on a university that might appeal to you:</p>
<p>Since the late '90s, when the Georgia Board of Regents changed its mission to become the state’s designated public liberal arts university, Georgia College & State University has become one of the most popular schools in Georgia and the South. During the past dozen years, retention figures at Georgia College have risen from 55% to 85%. The weekend population on or adjacent to campus has climbed from about 20% to about 70%. Acceptance rates are just over 50%, and the yield rate (percentage of accepted students who ultimately attend) is an incredible 59%. Enrollment is capped, with around 5,000 full-time undergrads.</p>
<p>Recent national recognition of Georgia College includes being the only public school in Georgia to be listed in “Colleges of Distinction”; being cited as one of the “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” by Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine; and being named in the annual report on “America’s 100 Best College Buys.” The Daily Beast rated it this fall as the eighth safest campus in America. The campus looks like a movie set for a classic southern campus. OOS tuition and fees are $19,300. You should check it out.</p>
<p>Good idea gadad. Georgia State is a very good school and gaining rapidly in reputation. </p>
<p>I would also recommend Furman very, very highly as well, but its a private school. It does give excellent scholarship and financial aid and the cost there can roughly equate to OOS costs to a public flagship.</p>
<p>Just so you’re not confused…Georgia College and State University and Georgia State University are two different schools.
GCSU is in Milledgeville GA. Georgia State Univ. is in Atlanta.</p>
<p>At the University of Alabama, if your test grades are good (30+ on ACT) then you get a large (if not all) of your tuition paid for, and if you do receive one of those scholarships, you have an place in the Honors College. Also, the scholarship application for UA doesn’t require an essay, which was a wonderful break while I was applying to schools and for scholarships.</p>
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<li><p>No, you need a certain GPA as well.</p></li>
<li><p>This person is a transfer student.</p></li>
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<p>Sorry, I failed to read the original post well.</p>
<p>Clemson University is strong in sciences and engineering. </p>
<p>College of Charleston is a public liberal arts college in SC. Charleston is an awesome city (lots to do if you’re 21, or if not) and close to great beaches. The Medical College of South Carolina is located in Charleston as well.</p>
<p>Also, Virginia Tech has a social atmosphere for a “Tech” school.</p>
<p>Two schools not often mentioned:</p>
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<li>North Carolina St. has been historically strong in the Physical Sciences/Math, </li>
<li>South Carolina has been historically strong in the Biological Sciences.</li>
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<p>Which are you more drawn to?</p>
<p>Just a weird question, not intending to offend - is there a significant culture gap between Georgia, the Carolinas, Missisippi, Alabama, and Tennessee?</p>
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<p>Yup, it’s GCSU in Milledgeville to which I was referring.</p>
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<p>I could offer various thoughts about this, but none of the differences that come to mind strike me as truly significant.</p>
<p>Clemson has amazing science and engineering majors! (not to mention strong majors i business, architecture, education, nursing, agriculture etc…)</p>
<p>and we have the #2 happiest students in the country and the #3 best career/job placement program according to the Princeton Review.</p>
<p>UGA draws heavily from metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta has a lot of Northern transplants and is like any big metropolitan area. Athens also has an alt-music scene which affects the culture there.</p>
<p>College of Charleston is a hot school in the Northeast and New England in particular and the city and particularly the beach areas nearby draw people from all over.</p>
<p>Clemson has always had a large northern and especially New Jersey contingent. The immediate area is upscale southern (lake and mountain homes). It’s halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte and close to Greenville which has a nice downtown.</p>
<p>Culturally, North Carolina (Charlotte and the Research Triangle), Georgia (Atlanta and Savannah), the SC Coast and the Nashville area (and Memphis a little less so (with Oxford, MS nearby)) will be closer to the North because of large numbers of transplants. However, you’d be surprised how cosmopolitan Birmingham has become and Huntsville is a magnet for scientists and engineers.</p>